"You old! It's good to expose my shortcomings! ”

Li Yongzhong was stunned for a moment, and when he heard the sound, he looked up and saw his future father-in-law, whom he had seen twice, slowly walking out of the door. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 When he arrived, Li Cheng bowed deeply, smiled and begged for mercy: "My lord, I have offended a lot, I have offended a lot." After finishing his work, he put a smile on his face, let Li Yongzhong out, and lowered his hand and said, "Zhong Guan'er, this is the Chen family's father-in-law, you just have to salute." ”

Li Cheng didn't know what Li Yongzhong was thinking, he was only worried that if Zhong Guan'er was not happy with Li Qi's family business, he was afraid that he would be rude, but his worries were in vain. I saw Li Yongzhong stretch out his hand to open the hem and kowtow to Chen Xianda neatly: "My son-in-law has seen my father-in-law." He did not resist the marriage, and even after experiencing the complicated affairs of the inner courtyard of the palace, he was happy to marry a wife who could share his worries.

Chen Xianda suddenly smiled and squinted, and helped him up - although Li Yongzhong felt that it was more appropriate to describe it as a drag - looked him up and down, his face was more satisfied, and said three good: "Good, good!" Brother Li has a deep friendship with me and sent me such a neat and good child! Let's hurry in, your mother-in-law is quite skilled and has already managed a good table, just waiting for you to come! ”

The Chen family's house is not big, although it is a martial arts hall with real power of five products, but Chen Xianda does not like luxury and enjoyment like his colleagues, but the common three-entry courtyard in the southwest, entering from the street gate, is a row of five inverted gatehouses, and then going forward, only blue pigment square bricks are used on the shadow walls on both sides, and rich flowers and plants are rare; On both sides of the hanging flower door is the porch of the hand, and the road is meeting a small girl, and hurriedly bows and salutes; Then, there is the courtyard of the second entrance, which is also mostly grass and trees, and there are no flowers and trees.

The Chen family has a simple population, only Chen Xianda and his wife and a daughter, no concubines, plus more than a dozen servants, but this does not count Chen Xianda's personal soldiers, a total of more than 20 people, all of whom are his henchmen brought back from Liaodong.

Originally, the couple and their daughter lived in the courtyard of the second entrance, but later they were worried that their daughter was old and there were many men here, so they moved her and the personal maid ring to the three-entry cover room, and the second wing room lived in the soldiers. For this reason, there are many lawns in the courtyard, and two wooden figures are set up on the southeast.

"My family is thin," Chen Xianda said after introducing the population of the family to his son-in-law: "Even before the family changed, people were not rich, and now I only have one daughter under my knees. But this is by no means arrogant, the little girl Derong's speech skills are excellent. Speaking of this, he coughed dryly, looked at Li Yongzhong, and said with some caution: "Brother Zhong is also a good boy, you have to live a good life." ”

"Since my father has made an order for me, there is nothing wrong with my father-in-law's palm beads." Li Yongzhong replied solemnly: "Li Chen's family is a good family, and my father-in-law doesn't have to be too humble. He paused and said with a smile: "What's more, looking at the father-in-law's appearance and character, you know that Ling Yan must be very beautiful." ”

This witty remark made several people laugh out loud, and even the attendant Yahuan raised her sleeves to cover her lips and smiled, not to mention Chen Xianda himself. He leaned forward and backwards with laughter, pointed at Li Yongzhong and laughed speechlessly, and only gasped for breath and coughed twice for a long time: "You kid is so narrow!" That's your own daughter-in-law! ”

"Fortunately, my daughter is not like me, otherwise others say that you will be your daughter-in-law or your brother?" After laughing, he sighed: "My daughter is like her mother, it's not that I boast, and I can't find a few girls as smart and sensible as my daughter in Yichang City." ”

In the face of this peerless good father, Li Yongzhong's smile was somewhat stiff. The two short contacts with Chen Xianda in Fushun made him think that this future father-in-law had a calm and sophisticated personality and a treacherous mind, but what he really didn't expect was that he was actually such a person.

To use some popular phrases in later generations, it is about - Thou shalt save the ape!

He could only smile awkwardly, and said euphemistically: "Ling Yan must be an excellent ......" and then he really couldn't go on - this kind of boasting that he is also good is really not something that Li Yongzhong, who is cold and low-key by nature, can he say it, but if he doesn't say so, will he admit that he is not good enough to be worthy of the daughter of the Chen family?!

At this moment, he deeply understood his father-in-law's ill-fated career, and suddenly had a strong sympathy for his mother-in-law - you have really worked hard, you have been married to such a person for decades, and then subtly have a curiosity and fear for your fiancée: with such a father, this daughter must be very unusual.

"I waited left and right, but I didn't see my son-in-law come in, it turned out that it was you, the old man, who pulled him to talk and say," The bright and clear female voice came from far to near, and as soon as the words fell, I saw a woman wearing a red Hangzhou forging sprinkled with gold entwined branches and chrysanthemum patterns and standing collars slowly coming over with a smile on her face, Li Yongzhong heard the words and knew that this was Chen Xianda's wife and his future mother-in-law. Because this is not the place to salute, he just bowed his head, and when Chen approached, he bowed deeply and said, "The son-in-law has seen my mother-in-law." ”

Chen's smile deepened, motioned to the grandmother beside him to help him up, and said softly: "You kid is really polite." He glanced sideways at her husband, who was standing on the side and pretending to be nothing, and sneered: "You father-in-law is so old, you still have to be funny with a junior, and I don't know if you have lived to the belly of a dog for decades!" ”

Li Yongzhong kept smiling, thinking that he hadn't heard anything—he really underestimated his mother-in-law. It should be said that he has been able to marry his father-in-law, who is "the dragon and phoenix among people", for decades, and his mother-in-law is also very human.

Throwing her husband who was not four or six to the side, Chen cordially comforted Li Yongzhong, first feeling the pain of losing his father with him, and by the way, he explained apologetically, "I shouldn't have worn red, but my son-in-law must be solemn when he returns to the door"; Then he asked about the population of his family, greeted his close elders, and perfectly avoided the part that might involve brotherhood (so Li Yongzhong thought that Chen Xianda should have had good communication with his wife in this regard). Even Chen also chatted with Li Yongzhong about the well field, and mentioned Liaodong and Southwest, sighing that there is chaos everywhere now.

In short, Chen perfectly demonstrated the qualities of a housewife, which made Li Yongzhong sigh - he once thought that the so-called wife and housewife were either busy fighting in the house or disciplining their children every day, and they could not see more than the four corners of the sky, but Chen made him realize that his views of women in the Ming Dynasty were somewhat prejudiced, and they were not all women in the back house.

At the end of the conversation, Li Yongzhong's view of his mother-in-law was completely admiration and admiration -- at that time, the group finally arrived at the main hall and sat down with the host and guest, there was a maid ring to put a worship mat, and the Chen couple sat on the top, and Li Yongzhong solemnly gave a big gift to his father-in-law and mother-in-law, and presented various gifts -- among them, there was a pair of wild geese carved in mutton fat and white jade, only the size of an adult's palm, oily and lovely, and the meaning was self-evident.

Chen glanced at the pair of jade geese on the gift list, and was a little more satisfied with this new son-in-law. Although she never said it explicitly, she was really worried about this son-in-law whom she had never met and had almost never heard of before. She is not confused when she is old, and her husband only raises one daughter, although she is not a rich and noble family, but she has also been seen as an eyeball since she was a child, and she is in her blood and bones.

A few months ago, her husband went to Fushun to see a friend for the last time, and he got a son-in-law to come home. I heard that it was from a salt merchant before, and I was still afraid of being rude, lest I not be worthy of my daughter. Now that I see it, my son-in-law doesn't say anything about talent, but he is also polite, and he looks calm and credible, and most of the worries in his heart are gone. Seeing that there was a good mutton fat jade goose in the gift list, he knew the sincerity of the other party, and put his heart down.

After the maid served tea and drank two sips, she got up and said with a smile: "After talking about it for a long time, the kitchen should be ready." You two sons-in-law are talking here, and I'll go to the kitchen to have a look. After saying that, he bowed his head slightly towards Li Yongzhong, glanced at his husband very meaningfully, and turned to leave.

Chen Xianda got up slightly and looked out, and sure enough, he didn't see his wife, so he turned back to Li Yongzhong and sighed with palpitations: "My lady, anyone who says only one good word, but sometimes I see her, just like a mouse who has seen a cat, and I beat a drum in my heart!" ”

He glanced at Li Yongzhong, who seemed to be as usual, patted his thigh and smiled, and said, "You kid, you're still playing tricks in front of me!" Don't pretend! Carefully consider my red sandalwood square chair! This is what your father-in-law and I have worked hard for many years in the sea of corpses and blood! ”

After being caught, Li Yongzhong calmed down, he smiled slightly, looked at his father-in-law and said almost naturally: "Father-in-law and mother-in-law are true temperaments, and it's too late for the son-in-law to envy." He said this from the heart. In the past many years, only Chen Xianda and his wife are very much like the model couple of later generations - they are open and witty, but they have always revealed the strong feelings that have been brewed by their years.

Li Yongzhong's words of admiration, which can be called a true expression of affection, if it is a sycophant, it is just the right place. Chen Xianda has always believed that having a good wife and children in his family is the greatest pride in his life, and he does not regret having no children. Picking up the teacup and taking a sip, Li Yongzhong's freshly baked father-in-law smiled faintly, and said proudly: "In Xunan Weizhong, everyone thinks that my family has a fierce wife and jealous woman, so he can't even give birth to a son, but how do these mediocre people know that my wife and I have gone through several times between life and death, and there are only heirs, how can I have a good wife in my family!" ”